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- noun Plural form of
taper ; thin candles used for lighting other candles.
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Examples
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The chamfered diamond shape tapers from the centre towards the top and the bottom.
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The head tube tapers from a 1-1/4th inch lower bearing to 1-1/8th upper, a design which required an all-new full-carbon fork.
Interbike 2010 Tech Gallery – Cannondale goes back to the future with CAAD10 aluminum road frame 2010
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Otherwise, bring a 9-foot, 6 - to 8-weight rod with a floating line and a 9-foot leader that tapers from a 30-pound butt section to an 8 - or 10-pound tippet.
Dave Hurteau Goes Honeymooning on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska 2004
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The band even cordoned off a special area at its shows, usually near the sound board, for "tapers" - a practice now followed by many younger jam bands.
news to me, and to the n.y. times Annie 2005
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The band even cordoned off a special area at its shows, usually near the sound board, for "tapers" - a practice now followed by many younger jam bands.
Archive 2005-11-01 Annie 2005
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In like manner, it appears to me highly probable that "The Christmas Tree" with its lighted tapers, which is introduced at that sacred season for the entertainment of our young people, is "a survival" of the worship of the sacred tree and of the Sun.
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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The flame of the tapers was agitated, the fine clouds which overshadowed the throne formed themselves into graceful shapes, the old man broke his chains, resumed his wings, and flew away.
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After that, the load kind of tapers off gradually till about 4: 00 in the afternoon.
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Vytran will also display samples of fiber laser components such as tapers, combiners, end-caps, probes, fiber terminations and lenses that have been produced using its unique equipment.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Vytran will also display samples of fiber laser components such as tapers, combiners, end-caps, probes, fiber terminations and lenses that have been produced using its unique equipment.
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